Varaha Purana 77.31 — Adhyaya 77, Shloka 31
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
तत्र स्थिरगतैर्ज्ञानैर्विरजस्कैर्महात्मभिः । अक्षयः क्षयपर्यन्तो लोकः प्रोक्तः सनातनः ॥ ७७.३१ ॥
tatra sthiragatair jñānair virajaskair mahātmabhiḥ | akṣayaḥ kṣayaparyanto lokaḥ proktaḥ sanātanaḥ || 77.31 ||
ที่นั่น โดยมหาตมะผู้มีญาณมั่นคงและปราศจากราคะ-รชัส ได้กล่าวถึงโลกอันเป็นนิรันดร์—ไม่เสื่อมสลาย แต่แผ่ไปจนถึงขอบเขตแห่งปรลัย
Varāha (default, per dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"reflective, inward-turned (implied by mokṣa-oriented content)"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The ‘imperishable realm up to the limit of dissolution’ encodes Purāṇic gradations of eternity: relative permanence (akṣaya within a kalpa) versus absolute transcendence; steadied knowledge and virajas (rajas-free) beings are the ‘supports’ of such a loka.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Virajas echoes the purification of yajña (removal of rajas/impurity); ‘kṣaya-paryanta’ parallels the closing oblations at the end of a rite—order persists until the ritual-cycle completes.","vedantic_connection":"Distinction between vyāvahārika ‘eternity’ (long-lived lokas) and pāramārthika nityatva (Brahman). Steady jñāna (sthira-jñāna) and vairāgya (virajas) are classical prerequisites for mokṣa."}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Philosophy of Liberation","Metaphysics"]
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: higher-loka / semi-eternal realm within cosmic cycles
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 77.77.29-32 (Uttarakuru as a higher realm; naming and fame)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, grave, liberative","suggested_raga":"Yaman or Bageshri (meditative expansiveness)","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"deep, steady, unhurried with long vowels"}
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of linking cosmological description with soteriology: a realm defined by purity (virajas) and stabilized knowledge (sthira-jñāna), framed within the broader doctrine of cosmic cycles and dissolution (kṣaya).
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological/metaphysical in scope.
The verse foregrounds an ideal of disciplined cognition and inner purification—knowledge that is stable and free from passion—as a defining qualification associated with access to or description of an enduring realm.
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